Sentences with phrase «via beneficiary designation»

Some estates have all assets passing via beneficiary designation or survivorship, so that probate is not required.

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Also worth noting that distributions to heirs at law, which is the formal name for people who take via intestacy statutes, are often inferior, at least in part, to the claims of creditors against your probate estate, although sometimes a family provision or «exempt property» or a joint tenancy or beneficiary designation, will have priority over a creditor's claims.